Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
The earth
Corruption
Bible References
Mountains
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire was kindled by my anger, and it burned {up to the depths of Sheol}, and it devoured [the] earth and its produce, and it set afire the foundation of [the] mountains.
Psalm 65:6
[who] established the mountains by his strength, [the one who] is girded with might,
Psalm 104:6
You covered it with [the] deep as with a garment. [The] waters stood above [the] mountains.
Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured [the] waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off [the] heavens with span, comprehended the dust of the earth in third of a measure and weighed out [the] mountains in the scales, and [the] hills in a balance?
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Then the mountains of old were shattered; the hills of old collapsed. The ways of old belong to him.
The earth
Job 38:4
"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.
Proverbs 8:25
Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.
Yet
Psalm 16:10
for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.
Isaiah 38:17
Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace. And you were the one who loved my life from [the] pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
Acts 13:33
this [promise] God has fulfilled to our children [by] raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have fathered you.'
Corruption
Job 33:24
{so that} he is gracious [to] him, and he says, 'Deliver him from descending into [the] pit; I have found a ransom.'
Psalm 30:3
O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.
Psalm 143:7
Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.